118 THE HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSE. 



I need scarcely add that the shoots from the 

 stock must be carefully removed during the 

 growing season, so as to throw all its strength 

 into the buds. It will also be advisable to pinch 

 in the three topmost buds rather severely the 

 first season, or they will, to use a common ex- 

 pression, draw up the sap too rapidly, and thus 

 weaken the lower buds. In the com-se of a 

 year or two magnificent pyramids may thus be 

 formed, their stems completely covered with 

 foliage, and far surpassing anything yet seen in 

 rose culture. I have, as yet, fomid no rose equal 

 in vigour to Madame Pisaroni, although, when 

 attention is turned to the subject, other varieties 

 may perhaps be found. If extra strong growth 

 be desired, the stem may be suffered to grow two 

 seasons before it is budded. 



To those who think the trouble of budding and 

 re-budding too much, I may point out a more 

 simple method, which I extract from the ' Gar- 

 dener's Annual for 1863.' — (Longmans.) 



' Have some dog-rose stocks gathered from 

 the woods and hedges in November, December, or 

 January. Every stock selected should be of only 

 one year's growth, a young shoot of the preceding 

 season's gTOwth. They should be planted in a 

 deep rich soil, and some manure placed on the 

 surface round their stems. In spring and early 

 summer the young shoots should be removed from 

 the lower part of their stems within, say, a foot 



